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Billions of Beautiful Words – Mary Gauthier on libraries and music.

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Hello Mary- Thank you for doing this interview about music and libraries… Let me ask you: How did a library ever make a difference in your life and (or) your community? When I was around 8 or 9, my parents marriage was slowly falling apart. I had my mom drop me off at the library… Continue reading Billions of Beautiful Words – Mary Gauthier on libraries and music.

Innovation in Public Libraries – For Alison Miller’s class at iSchool, Syracuse University

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I am very glad and proud to connect with the future of the profession: MLIS students at iSchool, Syracuse University for a talk about innovation in public libraries. Thank you for your time – please feel free to contact me with follow up questions and your views on this topic. Things I covered in my… Continue reading Innovation in Public Libraries – For Alison Miller’s class at iSchool, Syracuse University

International librarianship – video by Jan Holmquist

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Hi Friends I met Kate C. Byrne in Helsinki for IFLA 2012 and I was very proud when she asked me to do a short video about international librarianship. The video is intended to add value to Kates presentation – but I hope you like it too – Please connect with me if you want… Continue reading International librarianship – video by Jan Holmquist

Circulating Ideas Featuring Jan Holmquist

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I am very proud to be the guest on Steve Thomas great podcast Circulating Ideas – A Podcast I think makes a very big difference for learning in libraries and is making libraries better… Thank you for having me as a guest Steve – and thank you to all who listend and liked – So… Continue reading Circulating Ideas Featuring Jan Holmquist

Unglue: Giving books to the world by crowd funding

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The most democratic book project I know is about to relaunch – Here is an article I wrote for the German library magazine BUB as member of the Zukunftentwicklers network – With a few corrections because a lot has happened with Unglue.it since the deadline: What is crowd funding and what does it mean to… Continue reading Unglue: Giving books to the world by crowd funding

Why the story of Buy India a Library is (still) important

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I am very excited to present with Justin Hoenke at Bibliothekartag 2012 i Hamburg, Germany about a project I love and am very proud to be a part of – Buy India a Library How to use social media for collaboration, inspiration and changing the world will be some of the tracks of our talk. Including… Continue reading Why the story of Buy India a Library is (still) important

Get a happier life with your library

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Watch this video about Danish public libraries in English for people new to Danish society and tell me what you think. When you’re new in Denmark a lot of things can be confusing. The library is here to help you! Through the library you have access to a world of knowledge, culture, entertainment, social activites,… Continue reading Get a happier life with your library

Letter from World Libraries

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Dear Librarian Congratulations on joining the team at World Libraries. We are glad to have you as a part of our world-wide team of library enthusiasts. Your special focus will be to improve your community by sharing and generating knowledge and always contribute to learning. We also expect you to work for libraries world-wide and… Continue reading Letter from World Libraries

Crowdsourcing the Future of Libraries

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Crowdsourcing the future of libraries was what the local librarians at my library did with the Cycling for Libraries participants – and you can be a part of this too! How you can contribute Make a comment to this post Add photos of your own Post-it´s about the topic at the Flickr pool  – and make… Continue reading Crowdsourcing the Future of Libraries

The future of libraries – Why Seth Godin and Bobbi Newman are both right

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I really  like when libraries escape the echo-chamber big time like with Seth Godins post about what libraries should be be in the future and the importance of librarians. I also like Godins post a lot and I agree with him on what should be our focus in the future. I am glad that not… Continue reading The future of libraries – Why Seth Godin and Bobbi Newman are both right